Fred Mackey | |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1904 |
Death Place: | Sun City, Arizona, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1922–1925 |
Player Team2: | Ohio State |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1923–1926 |
Player Team4: | Ohio State |
Player Positions: | Lineman (football) Catcher (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1927–1931 |
Coach Team2: | Ohio Wesleyan (line) |
Coach Years3: | 1932–1934 |
Coach Team3: | Butler |
Coach Years4: | 1935–1943 |
Coach Team4: | Ohio State (assistant) |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1930–1932 |
Coach Team6: | Ohio Wesleyan |
Coach Years7: | 1939–1944 |
Coach Team7: | Ohio State |
Overall Record: | 10–11–2 (football) 99–75 (baseball) |
Championships: | Football 1 IIC (1934) |
Frederick C. "Fritz" Mackey (April 30, 1904 – July 2, 1987) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Butler University from 1932 to 1934, compiling a record of 10–11–2. Mackey was also the head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1930 to 1932,[1] and at his alma mater, Ohio State University, from 1939 to 1944, tallying a career college baseball coaching mark of 99–75.[2]
Mackey played football and baseball at Ohio State, before graduating in 1926. He was also an assistant football coach at Ohio State from 1935 to 1944 and a member of the staff for the national championship-winning 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. After leaving coaching, Mackey worked for an actuary firm. He retired around 1970 to Sun City, Arizona, where he died in July 1987.[3]